Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Hunter, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Charles Hunter registered to vote in Harrison County on July 22, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Charles Hunter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Hunter
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Signature, as written
- "C. Hunter"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Hunter in Harrison County
- Anthony Hunterborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1851
- George Hunterborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1851
- Scott Hunterborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1863
- Tony Hunterborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
Hunters elsewhere in Texas
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 41 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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